My Dear Sir,—After all my wanderings, I have
at length arrived at Nantgwillt, near Mr. T.
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the north of Wales, and the merest chance Has conducted me to this spot.
Mr. Hooper, the present proprietor, is a bankrupt, and
his assignees are empowered to dispose of the lease, stock, and furniture,
which I am anxious to purchase. They will all be taken at a valuation, and
Mr. T. Grove has kindly promised to find a proper
person to stand on my side. The assignees are willing to give me credit for
eighteen months, or longer; but being a minor, my signature is invalid. Would
you object to join your name in my bond, or rather, to pledge yourself for my
standing by the agreement when I come of age? The sum is likely to be six or
seven hundred pounds.

The farm is about two hundred acres, one hundred and thirty
acres arable, the rest wood and mountain. The house is a very good one, the
rent ninety-eight pounds, which appears abundantly cheap. My dear sir, now pray
answer me by return of post, as I am at present in an unpleasant state of
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affair, as so eligible an
opportunity for settling in a cheap, retired, romantic spot will scarcely occur
again.